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Shuttle Columbia
TRAVEGYSTRIKES OUR SAVVENEV NATION, AGAIN
When Houstonians went to bed Friday, January 31, 2003, they could not have imagined the
scene that greeted them with the rise of the sun the next morning. On Saturday, February 1,
2003, all of America was shocked at the bright streak across the Texas sky that took the lives o
seven astronauts (Colonel Rick Husband; Lt. Colonel Michael Anderson; Commander Laurel
Clark; Captain David Brown; Commander William McCool; Dr. Kalpana Chawla; and Ilan
Ramon, a Colonel in the Israeli Air Force). There were no survivors.
What did not burn in the descent landed in and around Palestine, Texas, where workers
began to search for survivors immediately despite the belief that the crew had no chance of
survival.
According to FoxNEWS on Sunday, February 2003, only a few hours after the explosion
pieces of the shuttle began showing up for
sell on eBay, and were later pulled by eBay.
February 8, The Houston Chronicle, reported
one such story from Stephen Proctor, an
unemployed software developer.
"I've sold three shuttle patches in recent
weeks and the most one went for was $4.95. I
put one up for bid this morning and in an
hour or two it had reached $255. It's
ridiculous." Proctor later removed the
patches from bidding on eBay, saying, "I
realized it was the wrong thing to do, I didn't
want to be part of all that mongering," said
Proctor
President Bush, churches, and individuals
around the country mourned the deaths of
the seven astronauts and observed a moment
of silence in their memory. President Bush,
in his address to the nation regarding the
disaster, remarked on the courage of the
astronauts.
"These men and women assumed great
risk in the service to all humanity. These
astronauts knew the dangers, and they faced
them willingly, knowing they had a high and
noble purpose in life. Because of their
courage and daring and idealism, we will miss
them all the more," said President Bush.
-Richard Whitrock
GEORGE BUSH
Bush speaks to mourners at
the Memorial service held
February 2, 2003 at NASA
Many were reminded of the
first shuttle explosion, the
Challenger inFebruary 198b
which was credited to a fuel
leak. ,
-Laurie Novasad